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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

"Abbot James is pleased to announce the forthcoming ordination of Dom Joseph Del Giorno to the holy priesthood. To accommodate Bishop Jerome’s schedule, Fr. Joseph will be traveling on Wednesday 26 June to Beacon, New York. He will be returning for the weekend of Trinity Sunday, and will celebrate his first Mass in the cathedral on that feast at 8 AM. We ask your prayers for him for a safe journey and God’s blessing on his priestly life."

Congratulations and prayers for Dom Joseph as he approaches the sacred day of his ordination to the Holy Priesthood. May God bless him and protect him, granting him many blessed and successful years of service to Christ's Holy Church.

Axios! Or, as it used to say in the Roman rite ordination service anciently, Dignus est!

Monday, June 24, 2013

There is, on the ROCOR Studies page, an interview dated June 17 where Fr. Deacon Andrei Psarev discusses the ROCOR's Western Rite with Bishop Jerome of Manhattan (assistant to the Metropolitan for WR Affairs). It is found here in English:

Friday, June 14, 2013

By
the grace of God, and with the help of many dear friends, the monks of
Christminster [Western Rite Monastery of Christ the Saviour] moved out of their old premises over a two day period of
30/31 May, having been told they must leave the premises by the first of
June. The move happened to coincide
with an early tropical heat wave and torrential rains which added
considerably to an already stressful situation. By the promised prayers
of many well-wishers we survived the ordeal and are now located in St
George’s rectory in Niagara Falls, New York. We owe this new monastic
home to the kindness and good will of our dear friend and benefactor
Archbishop Peter Goodrich of the Independent Anglican Church of Canada.
He has also made available to us for our liturgical services the use of
his cathedral next to the rectory. He and his clergy and staff have been
most gracious and welcoming to us.
In addition to the many who have supported us with their prayers we
wish to thank heartily those who helped us with the actual move: Pavlos
Pavlakis, Joanna Thomson, the twins, Greg Wiebe, Edward Akiwumi and
Steve Camp (“the boys from Buffalo”) and anonymous helpers at the
church.
While we are moved in, we are by no means settled in as there is still
much unpacking to do. Fortunately we can unpack at our own pace, without
a deadline hanging over us as it had been in Canada. Our stay here in
New York is not likely to be a permanent one, but we have been assured
by Archbishop Peter that we can stay here as long as we need. We do hope
to return one day to Canada if we can find a suitable monastic site. In
the mean time we are assured of a reasonable measure of peace,
stability and quiet for the living out of our monastic life.
For the time being our Sunday Mass will be in the Cathedral at 8
o’clock AM. (The Anglican service on Sunday in the Cathedral, usually
celebrated by the Archbishop is at 9:30 AM).
Already we have had some excitement (?) in our new quarters. There were
some boxes that needed to be moved out our space and into the church.
Among the helpers that were obtained there appears to have been a thief.
An i-phone and a cash box were taken containing bookstore proceeds from
Hamilton.